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LOFO (Lowest In – First Out)

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In brief

LOFO (Lowest In – First Out) is a storage principle in which the inventory with the lowest defined criterion – for example, the lowest purchase price or the lowest quality status – is picked first.

What is LOFO?

LOFO stands for Lowest In – First Out and refers to a picking strategy in which the inventory with the lowest value of a defined feature is removed from the warehouse first. This may initially sound straightforward, but in practice it is not: what "lowest"